Friday, March 2, 2012

Like a lot of people, I'm getting a little tired of my winter clothes so I went digging in my storage bins to see if my summer clothes could enliven the stuff I've been wearing all winter long. I really like the look of white on white (a la this photo) especially with the juxtaposition of a winter knit and a summer skirt. This has been a busy week and I'm really looking forward to the weekend--I'm planning on going for a fancy cocktail at the cozy Tabard Inn if the weather is dreary and spending my hard-earned pennies at Kramer Books (come across any good books lately?). I hope you have a great weekend!

The white on white looks super cute I've been trying to figure out how to layer my summer clothes with articles that actually keep me warm as well, so I totally get the feeling.

I needed a break from Mahan's Naval History book, so I picked up Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume on a whim, and it's reading very quickly but very well. My boyfriend and I have also been reading My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me together. Which is a pretty fantastic way to spend an evening.

danielle--i haven't read it either but i also couldn't believe she is such a young writer! i've heard good things about it (and i've picked it up literally every time i've been in a bookstore and wondered if i should buy it)--would you recommend it?

@elizabeth--sounds so pretty! i love a range of whites together. there is a picture of my closet here:

http://instaview.me/124470407535912420_8028704/

i do what a lot of people do, organize by type (top, skirt, dress) and within them, by color. then my sweaters are folded (or more often, crammed) in some shelves under my hanging tops, and i keep knits and jeans in a dresser in the bedroom. it's not very exciting but it works for me.

I'm happy that you have storage bins too :) I feel like I have way too much clothing and its nice to learn I'm not some crazy hoarder. Although i'm not in a locale that participates in that thing called the change of seasons, I'm enjoying seeing these lovely spring-like outfits of late :) Very pretty!

@andrea--ha, i hate to disappoint but christopher and i keep just one large storage bin in the closet of out-of-season clothes, so i went digging through my summer things. soon i'll switch them out and pack up all the wool. but fear not! i am a hoarder in other ways--i cannot get rid of a book to save my life!

Well I don't know what kind of books you particularly enjoy but I recently read Kurt Vonnegut's Jailbird and it was my favourite yet of him (one of my favourite authors). Although since it's older maybe you've already read it. Other than that the best book i've read recently was Justice by Michael Sandel but it's not really fiction, haha. (recommended if you enjoy political philosophy)

I always recommend Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Outlander is the first book. It involves a nurse in 1945 who goes on a second honeymoon with her husband to Scotland after the Second World War. On a walk she steps through a crack in a circle of standing stones and is transported back 200 years. Very fun series!